Whelan Nunatak
| Whelan Nunatak | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Charles Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ S , 64 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Whelan nunatak is an isolated nunatak in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . In the Athos Range of the Prince Charles Mountains, it rises 8 km northwest of Mount Starlight .
Aerial photographs of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from 1965 were used for mapping purposes. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after Ronald F. Whelan, a radio operator on Davis Station in 1964.
Web links
- Whelan Nunatak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Whelan Nunatak on geographic.org (English)